[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1369]
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                  IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN RICHARD WYSSBROD

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                           HON. MARION BERRY

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 21, 1998

  Mr. BERRY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a courageous 
man.
  As an officer of the Helena Police Department, Capt. Richard Wyssbrod 
went to work each day to protect the people of Helena, Arkansas. On 
Tuesday, June 30, Capt. Wyssbrod was responding to a 911 call from a 
victim of domestic abuse when he was shot and killed.
  Capt. Wyssbrod would have celebrated his 12th year with the Helena 
Police Department on July 1. He began his career with the Marvell 
Police Department where he served four years before being hired at 
Helena. He is being remembered as a model police officer by his peers--
an honest man who enforced the law with a firm, yet fair, hand. Capt. 
Wyssbrod worked to establish neighborhood and community watch programs 
in Helena. He was actively involved in youth programs, speaking to 
children about the dangers of illegal drugs.
  Capt. Wyssbrod will forever be remembered as a law enforcement 
veteran, but it is fitting that he also be remembered for the life he 
led when he was off-duty. Capt. Wyssbrod was a loving father and 
devoted grandfather. He was a kind man who was a friend to an entire 
town.
  Capt. Wyssbrod is the first police officer to be killed in the line 
of duty in Helena. His name will soon be added to the National Law 
Enforcement Officers' Memorial here in Washington, D.C., but it is 
important that we remember our fallen police officers not as names on a 
wall, but for the lives they led as human beings. As an inscription on 
the wall states, ``It is not how these men died that made them heroes. 
It is how they lived.''
  Mr. Speaker, with those words in mind, I ask that we remember Capt. 
Richard Wyssbrod not only as a police officer from Helena, Arkansas, 
but as one of America's heroes.

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